Chapter 489: Volcano Entrance
"Hehe, you're here at the right time, these guys have been in for seven or eight days, but they haven't found the entrance to the treasure until now, what a bunch of idiots. The old dragon turtle said with a smile, after releasing the position of acting god and regaining freedom, it was not in a hurry to leave to enjoy the long-awaited happy life, although it was still thinking about the little cui in its heart, but it had never entered this space It was also very curious about the treasures in this space, in fact, it had sneaked in, but in the end it was forcibly brought back because it was discovered by the Heavenly Monarch, so that the expedition ended without a problem, but this time it could come in and wander openly.
The old dragon turtle fell from the sky, its body continued to shrink, and when it landed on Mo Ming's shoulder, it had already turned into a little turtle, which was very funny, and it also disguised its strength, Mo Ming sensed it curiously, the spiritual power that the old dragon turtle showed at this time was only the peak of Liangyi, although it was also considered strong, but compared to the strong people in the reincarnation realm such as Nangong Mad and Luo Feng, it would not attract attention at all.
"Hehe, this is the old man's proud work, specially used to save his life. Seeing Mo Ming's curiosity, the old dragon turtle smiled proudly, "How about it? Do you want to learn? The old man can teach you for free, pretending to be tender, pretending to be dead, pretending to be forced, pretending to be a master, these are the old man's special skills, quite a year, if it weren't for the old man having these skills, I'm afraid the old man wouldn't know how many times he died, and they all said that the dragon clan was powerful, but who knew that the dragon clan's bloodline killed people, and was chased and killed by other demon beasts every day, and he would peel my skin and cramp at every turn." The old man has been hiding in Tibet all day long, and several small short legs are almost broken. The old dragon turtle remembered what happened to him a long time ago when he was still very weak, and couldn't help but complain and complain.
Mo Ming just laughed at the old dragon turtle's complaints, but he was very curious in his heart, and the word pretending to be forced seemed to only exist in the world of his previous life, and there should be no such non-mainstream things in this world.
"Do you know where the entrance to the treasure is?" asked Mo Ming.
"Uh, this, look over there. It looks like another volcano is about to erupt. "Hear the words. The old dragon turtle was stunned, and he started laughing, looking at him left and right, Mo Ming shook his head helplessly. Then he looked away. Cast into the distance. The answer was already clear to him, but apparently the old dragon turtle didn't want to admit that he was just like those people, an idiot who couldn't find the entrance.
Boom Boom!
The loud noise kept coming. As the old dragon turtle said, there are several volcanoes in the mountains in the distance, and the fiery magma is spewed out, and it solidifies into red stones before it lands, like a meteor rain of fire, scattered in the mountains, and the air is suddenly filled with hot fire attribute energy, this mountain range seems to be a gathering place of volcanoes, large and small volcanoes can be seen everywhere, and volcanoes are erupting all the time.
"There are no extinct volcanoes here, and I have counted that all volcanoes have erupted in these seven days, but the one that erupts the most frequently and frequently is the tallest and largest volcano, which erupts once in an hour or so on average. The old dragon turtle said in a slightly deep tone and explained to Mo Ming that it had not done anything in the seven or eight days it had been in.
"Oh!" Mo Ming's eyes condensed slightly, looking at the highest volcano located in the center of the mountain range, in fact, at the first sight of that mountain, he was like everyone else, subconsciously thought that this mountain was the entrance to the treasure, but the frequent and unspeakable volcanic eruption rate made him have to dispel this idea, but at this time, hearing the words of the old dragon turtle, Mo Ming's heart gave birth to a new idea, and he couldn't help but start paying close attention to this volcano.
And the results of the observation are indeed as the old dragon turtle said, the frequency of the eruption of this volcano is indeed somewhat abnormal, other volcanoes, even if the eruptions are the most frequent, the interval has reached three full three hours, only because the number of volcanoes is too much, so it will give people the illusion that volcanoes have been erupting, and at the same time, Mo Ming also found that although the frequency of the eruption of this largest mountain is very fast, the amount of magma erupted each time is not too much, and it is not even as good as some small volcanoes.
The reason why volcanoes erupt is that the weak surface of the earth will burst under strong pressure, and the underground rocks will erupt from this crack, and where does the pressure come from? In fact, there are many theories, but the most believable is the magma from the ground, when the magma accumulates to a certain extent, it will cause a huge squeezing force on the upper surface, and when the accumulation of magma reaches a certain critical value, the surface can no longer bear it, and the crowded magma will use this crack as a channel for discharge, rushing out, and the so-called volcano is actually a natural channel formed under the natural environment, just to provide a way out for the magma that has nowhere to come out.
This largest volcano is thousands of meters high, and the magma wants to erupt from the crater, the pressure required is absolutely extraordinary, but if the pressure value is large, it takes a long time to accumulate, so the strength of the larger the volcanic eruption will be very strong, but correspondingly, the frequency of its eruption will be lower, but this volcano is contrary to common sense, Mo Ming has a feeling in his heart, the entrance to the treasure must be on this volcano.
"Uh, you're looking for death, such a big volcano, once it erupts, the heat of the magma doesn't even dare to go deep into the old man, don't you still want to go up, in case of an eruption, it's too late to run." Watching Mo Ming quickly climb to the highest volcano, the old dragon turtle exclaimed in surprise, it's not that no one has been here before, but this mountain is too high, and what is more difficult is that the mountain is full of hot lava left by the eruption, the temperature is extremely high, and it is necessary to continuously support the spiritual power shield to be able to climb, but the frequency of volcanic eruptions is too fast, and if it is difficult to go up to the crater and encounter a volcanic eruption again, coupled with the excessive consumption of spiritual power, the consequences are unimaginable, so almost everyone chose to give up after weighing itγ And none of them thought that the entrance would be in a volcano that was still spewing lava, and at this time they were almost all looking for extinct volcanoes in the mountains that would not erupt.
"Besides here, have you found a volcano that won't erupt?" Mo Ming retorted in a low voice as he climbed the rock quickly.
"Uh...... Hearing this, ......the old dragon turtle was stagnant, and it had been seven or eight days since it followed those people in, and with its powerful divine sense, it had already carefully scanned this space several times, as Mo Ming said, indeed. It has not found a single extinct volcano. All of them have erupted more or less a few times, so the amount of fire attribute in the air is so deep and rich.
Mo Ming chose to start climbing the mountain just after the outburst, so that he would have about an hour to climb, and if he went up. It was found that the situation was not as he had imagined. There can also be more time to escape before the next eruption. However, because it had just erupted, the lava covering the mountain had not yet cooled, causing the temperature of the mountain to be too high. He had to prop up a spiritual shield to keep out the heat, but in doing so, it slowed down his climb.
"If only I could fly directly. Mo Ming sighed in his heart, in this space, it seems that the ban on the sky has been deliberately arranged, and even the old dragon turtle cannot fly.
When he finally ascended the crater, it took longer than Mo Ming imagined, and it took more than half an hour, however, Mo Ming did not plan to give up halfway, but the situation in the volcano made him frown, the magma pool on the top of the volcano covered an area of thousands of square meters, which can be described as huge, and the hot magma was tumbling and surging in it, and from time to time bubbles rose from below, with an unpleasant pungent smell, these are all poisonous gases that come out of the ground, if ordinary people inhale the body, it will cause poisoning and even death, but it is not too dangerous for cultivators, because they can hold up the spiritual shield to keep it out.
"Look, I'll just say that this can't be the entrance to the treasure, the magma here is already very hot, and when it boils, the volcano will erupt again, so let's hurry down. The old dragon turtle leaned on Mo Ming's shoulder, poked out his head and glanced into the crater, and said with a solemn expression.
However, Mo Ming did not move, his eyes kept searching the magma.
"Huh?" Mo Ming's eyes lit up suddenly, and he finally found a strange place.
"The lava in the magma pool did not reach its highest position, and it was still more than ten meters away from the crater. Mo Ming said in a deep voice, but the old dragon turtle didn't think so.
"What's so strange about this, the eruption is not flowing water, it is forcibly ejected by pressure, even if it does not reach the crater, it is not a strange thing. The old dragon turtle retorted.
Mo Ming didn't care about the old dragon turtle's rebuttal, but pointed to the mountain walls on both sides of the crater, and continued: "Look at the inner wall of this magma pool, do you find anything different? The upper part of this section is obviously darker than the lower part, and the lower part is reddish, which must be caused by the long-term immersion of lava, and the color here is still very new at this time, so it can be seen that this part should have been soaked in magma not long ago, and don't you think that this magma seems to be more than before?"
"It's more?" the old dragon turtle muttered suspiciously, and then looked in the direction that Mo Ming pointed, at first he didn't care, but gradually, his expression became solemn, as Mo Ming said, the magma pool is indeed rising, the lava surface is moving up, but it is rising very slowly, but under the glance of its great soul power, this slight increase can still be clearly felt.
"It's really rising, but it doesn't seem to mean anything? It's normal for the magma to grow before it erupts, is there anything special about this?" the old dragon turtle said suspiciously.
Mo Ming shook his head and explained: "That's right, if there is only a general increase, then there is nothing strange about it, but what if the increase is very large, such as from hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters below or even from the ground? And every eruption has to go through this complete process?"
"This ......" The old dragon turtle looked stunned, and his expression gradually became solemn, if it was really as Mo Ming said, every outbreak had to go through such a high tide process, then it was indeed a bit extraordinary, because under normal circumstances. An active volcano that erupts frequently, whether before or after the eruption, is unlikely to change much in the magma pool in its crater, and may drop after the eruption, but the magnitude is not too large, and it will soon rise again.
"What basis do you have?"
Mo Ming shook his head and said, "This is just my conjecture, although the temperature of the lava is very high, it will not affect the divine consciousness. I've just probed my senses. After careful scanning, although the rock wall below has been soaked in magma, as long as you pay close attention, you can still see the change in color. β
The old dragon turtle heard this. Hurriedly released his divine sense. Dip beneath the lava. Its divine sense was much more powerful than Mo Ming's, and soon a look of surprise appeared in its eyes as he found out. In fact, as Mo Ming said, although it has been covered in lava, there is still no way to completely erase the changes that occurred when he was exposed to the air before.
"You're right, it seems that this place is indeed weird, but what are you going to do?" the old dragon turtle asked in a deep voice.
Mo Ming took the old dragon turtle to the side along the crater, and after a half circle, a boulder appeared in front of them, this boulder seemed to be diagonally inserted in the mountain, separating a shadow from the downward position, although the mountain rock has been covered by magma, and it has long been impossible to distinguish the original appearance, but the shadow under the boulder is unusually clean, only a little volcanic ash, which should be caused by the flow of magma.
"You're not going to hide here and wait for the volcano to erupt, are you?" the old dragon turtle exclaimed in shock, "Are you crazy? Although this is indeed a good location, it can avoid most of the magma, but there will still be a small amount of flow through here, and the most important thing is that this is so close to the crater, once the volcano erupts, this will be the hottest place, do you want to hide here and be scorched?"
However, Mo Ming shook his head and said with a smile: "If it's just me, it's naturally impossible, but with you always here, I believe this temperature shouldn't scorch me." β
"Well, it turns out that your kid is actually beating the old man's idea. The old dragon turtle scolded angrily, but it didn't object, after all, with its strength and the spiritual power of the water attribute it cultivated, it was indeed able to protect Mo Ming from being burned by high temperatures at such a close distance, but it was just a lot of consumption.
"Huh, it's almost coming!" Mo Ming's eyes moved, and he said in a deep voice, at this time, the magma pool was already like boiling water, and began to show signs of boiling, the fiery red lava began to tumble violently, and it had begun to be restless, bubbles were frequent, and the crater was completely filled with a disgusting and unpleasant sulfur smell, which was a sign that the fire was about to erupt, and as the Dao Dusk had guessed before, the magma finally rose to the dividing line they had seen before.
"Hurry up and hide. The old dragon turtle hurriedly urged, and when Mo Ming burrowed under the boulder, a water vapor barrier suddenly rose, enveloping them in it, and the volcano could erupt at any time.
Rumble!
Suddenly, Mo Ming felt that the mountain below him began to shake violently, as if a thousand rhinoceros were rushing up from the bottom of the mountain, and the number of rhinoceros was still increasing, he knew that the volcano was about to erupt, and this tremor was the movement of the underground magma surging and impacting the mountain.
Bang......
Finally, as if the earth dragon had been unearthed, a fiery red giant pillar rose into the sky and exploded in the sky, and for a time the magma flew away, the sky was full of fire and rain, and the volcano erupted.
There was a fiery red patch in front of him, and the sky above his head was also covered by the fire and rain of magma, and the scorching heat made the air become a little distorted, but under the shield held up by the old dragon turtle, Mo Ming did not feel the roasting high temperature, but because the old dragon turtle was a water genus, there was still a trace of water vapor in the shield, which felt very cool and pleasant.
"You kid is enjoying it a lot, poor old man and I, I'm old, and I'm still suffering from this sin, if I don't really know what treasures that guy has left, I don't bother to suffer this sin, old man. The old dragon turtle scolded angrily while maintaining the spiritual power shield.
The eruption didn't last long, Mo Ming estimated that it lasted for nearly ten minutes before it stopped completely, and when the volcano stopped, a thick layer of volcanic rock had accumulated around them.
"Whew, it's finally over. The old dragon turtle exhaled, but did not lift the shield, because the residual temperature near the crater was still very high at this time, and Mo Ming had already rushed out from under the boulder and appeared on the crater.
"Sure enough, it's here!" Mo Ming stared at the crater with burning eyes, and said to himself happily, at this time, in the crater, the magma pool had long disappeared without a trace, leaving only a huge black hole, as if it had been leading to the strata below the mountain.
"Is this really the entrance to the treasure?" said the old dragon turtle in surprise, its divine sense had already extended, but it was strange to find that the magma seemed to have been erupted, and there was still a shadow of magma, and there was only one passage, which extended far down the mountain.
Mo Ming didn't answer, and suddenly jumped into it, and fell sharply down the passage. (To be continued......)